Bitcoin is trading at approximately $64,000 today, July 29, 2026, down 49% from its October 2025 all-time high of $126,000 but up 88% from its June 2022 low of $17,500. Despite the bear marke
Bitcoin is trading at approximately $64,000 today, July 29, 2026, down 49% from its October 2025 all-time high of $126,000 but up 88% from its June 2022 low of $17,500.
Despite the bear market, the biggest holders have not sold. Here is who controls the most Bitcoin on earth right now, based on verified Arkham Intelligence on-chain data.
The pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin sits at the top of every list and has never moved from it.
Satoshi Nakamoto holds approximately 1.096 million BTC worth roughly $70.1 billion today, mined across approximately 22,000 blocks in the network's earliest days using a pattern analysts call the Patoshi Pattern.
At Bitcoin's all-time high of $126,000, that position was worth $138 billion. Not a single coin has moved in over a decade.
Coinbase holds approximately 970,000 BTC, around 5% of all Bitcoin ever mined, held on behalf of institutional clients, ETF issuers, and retail users. The company reports Q2 earnings on July 29.
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Binance follows with roughly 660,000 BTC sitting in cold wallet custody on behalf of exchange users.
BlackRock's IBIT ETF has accumulated approximately 764,000 BTC worth $48.9 billion since launching in January 2024, more Bitcoin than the U.S. Government holds. Fidelity's FBTC fund holds approximately 471,000 BTC in self-custodied vaults using its own Fidelity Digital Assets infrastructure.
Grayscale's GBTC, despite significant outflows since converting to a spot ETF in 2024, still holds roughly 167,000 BTC.
Strategy holds 843,775 BTC acquired at an average price of $75,476 per coin, currently sitting on an unrealized loss of approximately $8.32 billion. It reports Q2 earnings Thursday.
The U.S. Government holds 328,000 BTC worth approximately $21 billion, acquired entirely through law enforcement seizures including the Silk Road shutdown, the Bitfinex hack recovery, and the 127,271 BTC Prince Group confiscation in October 2025.
A March 2025 executive order established a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and halted further government auctions. Block.One holds approximately 164,000 BTC per Bitcoin Treasuries data, though Arkham has not fully verified those holdings on-chain.
Tether rounds out the top ten with roughly 97,000 BTC, built through a policy of allocating 15% of quarterly profits to Bitcoin purchases since 2023.
The top ten holders control approximately 5.5 million BTC, roughly 26% of the total 21 million coin supply that will ever exist. Analyst Ali Martinez has identified $70,920 as the immediate resistance level. Standard Chartered maintains a $100,000 year-end 2026 target.
Cathie Wood holds a $1.5 million base case for 2030. The Fed rate decision on July 29 is the single most immediate price catalyst.
